Composer: Johann Melchior Molter
Performer: Andreas Knoop, Julia Sophie Wagner
Orchestra: Reußisches Kammerorchester
Conductor: Werner Ehrhardt
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 5550282
Release: 2018
Size: 268 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Sonata grossa in C Major, MWV 4.6
01. I. Larghetto – Allegro
02. II. Fuge. Larghetto
03. III. Andante e sempre piano
04. IV. Alla breve
05. V. Menuet
Flute Concerto in G Major, MWV 6.15
06. I.
07. II. Adagio
08. III.
09. La lodoletta che il sole adora, MWV 2.33
10. Pensa ben mio chi sei, MWV 2.34
L’augellin tra verdi fronde, MWV 2.23
11. I. Aria
12. II. Rezitativo
13. III. Aria
Sinfonia in D Major, MWV 7.144
14. I.
15. II.
16. III.
Thuringia has always been a highly musical region. Along with the greats who resided there, including at times Schütz, Telemann, Bach and his sons, and Liszt, a closer examination reveals other Thuringian composers who indisputably contributed to the course of music history – such as Johann Melchior Molter. This composer from Tiefenort was active in Eisenach and Karlsruhe and during his lifetime was regarded as one of the most productive and significant composers as well as a trailblazer participating in the transition from the Baroque to the classical era. On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of his death Theater&Philharmonie Thüringen has launched an editorial project in cooperation with the Institute of Musicology in Weimar-Jena. Students from the college edited works by Molter that had ceased to be performed after his death, so that they then could be heard again for the first time in 250 years in concerts in Altenburg and Gera by the Reuß Chamber Orchestra led by Werner Ehrhardt. They are now celebrating their recording premiere on CPO.